Where does Venky Harinarayan work?

Venky Harinarayan is Founding Partner at Milliways Ventures.

What does Venky Harinarayan invest in?

Venky Harinarayan invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, EdTech, Fintech, SaaS.

What check size does Venky Harinarayan write?

Venky Harinarayan typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.

Where did Venky Harinarayan go to school?

Venky Harinarayan studied at Stanford University (PhD, Computer Science); UCLA (MS, Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science).

Venky Harinarayan

Investor

Founding Partner at Milliways Ventures · Partner at Rocketship.vc

Mountain View, California

Writes $1M – $5M checks · typically $3M

Find your path to Venky

546 people in our graph share verified history with Venky — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Paul KwanunlockedVenky: together at Stanford University (1993–1996)

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Venky: together at Efficient Frontier

Venky: together at Amazon.com

About

Venky Harinarayan co-created Amazon Marketplace, conceived Mechanical Turk, built WalmartLabs from his startup acquisition, and—after early Facebook investing and running an early search/data venture franchise—spots breakout opportunities.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechFintechSaaS

Experience

rocketship.vcFounding Partnercurrent2015 — presentPalo Alto, CA
San Francisco UnicornsPrincipal Ownercurrent2023 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
Epsilon VenturesPartnercurrent2025 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
Angel InvestorAngel Investorcurrent2000 — present
Milliways VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2013 — present
Cambrian VenturesFounding Partner2000 — 2015
WalmartSVP, Global eCommerce2011 — 2012
Efficient FrontierFounding Investor, Board Member2002 — 2012
KosmixFounder2005 — 2011
Amazon.comGeneral Manager1998 — 2000Seattle, Washington, United States
JungleeCo-Founder1996 — 1998

Skills & more

Venture Capital36Start-ups39E-commerce40Strategic Partnerships22Product Development9Business Development12Team Building2Entrepreneurship8Analytics5Management Consulting2Product Marketing3Business Strategy3

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Software DevelopmentProduct ManagementCloud ComputingScalabilityBig DataDistributed SystemsMobile DevicesStrategySaaSEnterprise Software

From Venky's professional profile.

Colleagues at Milliways Ventures

Anand Rajaraman

Partner at Milliways Ventures

Anand Rajaraman

Partner at Rocketship.vc

Katelin Moore

Executive Assistant at Milliways Ventures

Venky Harinarayan

Partner at Milliways Ventures

Network2

Blake Rogow

Investor at Rocketship.vc

Eduardo Castro-Wright

Investor at alpha4 ventures

Investors connected to Venky in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Venky Harinarayan?: Venky Harinarayan co-created Amazon Marketplace, conceived Mechanical Turk, built WalmartLabs from his startup acquisition, and—after early Facebook investing and running an early search/data venture franchise—spots breakout opportunities.
Where does Venky Harinarayan work?: Venky Harinarayan is Founding Partner at Milliways Ventures.
What does Venky Harinarayan invest in?: Venky Harinarayan invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, EdTech, Fintech, SaaS.
What check size does Venky Harinarayan write?: Venky Harinarayan typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
Where did Venky Harinarayan go to school?: Venky Harinarayan studied at Stanford University (PhD, Computer Science); UCLA (MS, Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science).

Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto Czar Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended UCLA835

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures Vlad TenevCo-founder & CEO of Robinhood Ryan KingCo-founder of Chime Paul FieldingFinance & Operations at General Catalyst Melody MaExecutive Assistant and Lead Receptionist at Trinity Ventures

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras201

Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AI Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures Rajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla Ventures Ashok SanthanamManaging Director at Copper Sky Capital Hanyang WangDirector at Qualcomm Ventures AparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VC

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Shared employers

Also worked at Walmart113

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer Capital Jason PressmanManaging Director at Copper Sky Capital Anthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital Brent KeltonPartner & Texas Leader at Moneta Ventures Kelly HolmesInvestor at Relevance Ventures Jonathan HeiligerGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures

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Also worked at Efficient Frontier3

Chris MoorePartner at Redpoint Ventures Matt RightmireVenture Partner at Building Ventures Zhou YuPartner & Head of AI at Seven Stars Ventures

Also worked at Kosmix14

Ravi MhatrePartner and Co-Founder at Lightspeed Venture Partners Rachel LamCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Imagination Capital Curtis SpencerGeneral Partner at Electric Capital Anand RajaramanPartner at Rocketship.vc Sailesh RamakrishnanManaging Partner at Rocketship.vc Dini MehtaExecutive-in-Residence at Peak XV Partners

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Also worked at Amazon.com940

Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health Systems Binny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoor Brad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative Robotics Jane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative Robotics Nick FrosstCo-founder of Cohere Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

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